Lip reader ‘reveals Whoopi Goldberg’s three-word response’ after Demi Moore asked for photo at Oscars

This year's Oscars seemed like one huge throwback, with fans finally seeing former Ghost co-stars Whoopi Goldberg and Demi Moore reuniting.

It has been 35 years since the pair appeared onscreen together for the paranormal romance film, so seeing them embrace on the red carpet of the 97th Academy Awards last night (March 2) has gotten admirers of the two-time winning Oscar movie excited at the prospect of a sequel.

But as 62-year-old Moore approached her 69-year-old former colleague, a lip reader has given their take on what was said between the pair and the apparent sharp three-word response given by Goldberg when asked for a photo.

It began as Oscar-nominee Moore was walking along the red carpet before catching one time Academy Award-winner Goldberg talking to the press. She stopped in her tracks, called over to her old co-star and asked 'how are you?'.

That was all rather audible, now I'll let professional lip reader NJ Hickling break the rest of the conversation down.

Speaking with The Mirror US, he theorised that Goldberg told Moore: "I’m fine."

Moore then appears to ask again: “How are you?”

The pair then proceed to converse, before Hickling explains that Moore suggests 'let's get a photo'.

Goldberg replied: "Together, I’d like to."

Moore then adds: "Let’s stand back."

That's when Goldberg apparently gave her blunt three-word reply, as she refused saying: "I don’t pose."

Moore then rubs Goldberg's shoulders and says: "That’s okay."

Fans flooded Twitter to share their excitement of the two reuniting again, with the majority noting how the pair haven't aged in 35 years.

"Whoopie looked so wonderful, and even Demi did too glad for them to reunite," one person posted.

A second typed: "Both have barely aged. I also wonder how any gen z folks know what this movie is/was."

"Cultural moment right here," a third added.

With a fourth typing: "Aging like fine wine."

And they weren't the only admirers of the pair.

Someone else commented: "Love it! A genuine and heart warming moment!"

Another added: "The reunion I needed to see. I love Ghost and I believe that Oscar is Demi’s."

"One of my favorite movies, we need a sequel," typed one user.

Unfortunately for Moore, the night didn't go as planned as despite being the bookmaker's favorite to win best actress for her performance in The Substance - which was only her first nomination - Anora's 25-year-old lead Mikey Madison took it home.

The biggest Oscars snubs ever

Citizen Kane loses to How Green Was My Valley (1942)

Orson Welles’ epic tale of the rise and fall of a media baron topped BFI’s Sight & Sound poll of the best films ever made for 40 years, but this apparently wasn’t enough to win an Academy Award.

The gong instead went to How Green Was My Valley, which it’s fair to say has not stood the test of time to quite the same extent.

To add insult to injury, Welles had a falling out with the Academy prior to the ceremony, and the audience booed every time his name was mentioned.

Citizen Kane was nominated for nine Academy Awards, but only took home the statuette for Best Original Screenplay.

E.T. loses to Gandhi (1983)

Even Richard Attenborough, who ended up winning Best Picture for his biopic Gandhi, thought Steven Spielberg’s E.T. should have won.

He is quoted in Joseph McBride’s Steven Spielberg: A Biography as saying of the moment his win was announced: “I didn’t go to the podium, I went over to Spielberg. He got up, I put my arms round him, and I said, ‘This isn’t right, this should be yours'."

Spielberg’s tale of the bond between a lonely child and a horrifying looking alien remains one of the most beloved films of all time, absolutely dominating the box office following its 1982 release

The Shawshank Redemption loses to Forrest Gump (1995)

While both of these films are pretty much universally adored, The Shawshank Redemption still tops IMDb's 250 highest rated list and is regularly cited as one of the greatest movies of all time.

While in hindsight, the fact the film failed to win any of the seven Oscars it was nominated for is pretty odd, The Shawshank Redemption was a box office bomb, and in the year of its release was massively overshadowed by Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction.

Nevertheless, one fan admitted they were ‘blown away to find out that the movie didn't win a single Academy Award’ on Reddit.

Saving Private Ryan loses to Shakespeare in Love (1999)

In yet another upset for Steven Spielberg, his epic World War Two drama lost out to romcom Shakespeare in Love.

This has since been chalked up to the sinister machinations of Harvey Weinstein, who Den of Geek reports started a ‘whisper campaign’ claiming the only good part of Saving Private Ryan was the first 20 minutes, with the rest being ‘sentimental hokum’.

DreamWorks marketer Terry Press recalls Spielberg telling him ‘I do not want to get down in the mud with Harvey’ when he was urged to fight back amid Weinstein’s bullish campaign tactics.

Brokeback Mountain loses to Crash (2000)

The following year saw another shock Best Picture upset, with the widely reviled Crash triumphing over Brokeback Mountain.

A Reddit user called it ‘truly the greatest robbery of all time’.

Director Ang Lee claimed in a 2024 Deadline interview that support for his tragic gay love story ‘had a ceiling’ amid the Academy of the time.

He even recalls being told to stay in the wings of the stage in-between his Best Director win and the announcement of Best Picture, being told by a stage manager: “Everybody assumes you will win.”

It’s clear this one still hurts for many cinephiles, with one calling Crash’s win ‘absolutely criminal’.